| 潘多拉魔盒 | pān duō lā mó hé | a Pandora's box | 
| 潘 | Pān | surname Pan / Pan, faun in Greek mythology, son of Hermes | 
| 潘多拉 | Pān duō lā | Pandora | 
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly- | 
| 拉 | lā | to pull / to play (a bowed instrument) / to drag / to draw / to chat / (coll.) to empty one's bowels | 
| 拉 | lá | to make a cut in (sth); to slit; to gash; to slash | 
| 拉 | là | used in 拉拉蛄 / variant of 落 | 
| 魔 | mó | (bound form) evil spirit; devil / (prefix) supernatural; magical | 
| 盒 | hé | small box / case |